Researching Geoff Hill
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The name Geoff means "Form of JEFFREY. God's peace" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Geoff Hill on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Geoff Hill and the Hill Genealogy
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Geoff Hill (mountaineer)
Geoffrey Leonard Hill (1941 – 25 October 1967) was an Australian mountaineer. He was the first (along with Colin Pritchard) to climb the 6451m peak Papsura in the Himachal Pradesh state of India on 3 June 1967.
The eldest of five children, Hill developed mountaineering skills in New Zealand, before going to India to work as an architect.
In October 1967, Hill was part of a small party attempting Mukarbeh (6069m), also in the Kullu district. On the thirteenth day of the expedition the weather turned against them, and Hill, Indian climber Suresh Kumar and Sherpa Pembar died when their tent was buried by heavy snowfall in a blizzard. He is buried at the Lady Willingdon Memorial Hospital in Manali
Source: Geoff Hill (mountaineer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGeoff Hill (Northern Ireland journalist)
Geoff Hill (born 21 May 1956) is an author, journalist and long-distance motorcycle rider living in Belfast. He is a critically acclaimed author and award-winning feature and travel writer.
He studied at Queen's University Belfast from 1975–1979, where he was editor of The Gown, and graduated with a BA in English Language and Literature.
While at Queen's, he earned a Blue by making his first appearance for the Northern Ireland men's volleyball team. He went on to captain the team at the 1981 Commonwealth Championships and to play for Northern Ireland 122 times, still an Irish record.
After starting his career in journalism on the Tyrone Constitution, Hill was the features and travel editor of the Belfast News Letter from January 1991 – March 2009, then motorcycle columnist for the Irish Times and Sunday Times. He is now a motorcycle columnist for the Daily Mirror, the editor of Microlight Flying magazine and the Daily Telegraph's travel expert on Northern Ireland.
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